Try dropping the words "statistical sampling" while in conversation with a Republican politician and watch the sizzle. Why does such a nerdy blending of adjective and noun inflame GOP lawmakers like ...

With respect to the recent controversy about the national census, there is another side to the problem. It has been stated that only 57 percent of households in the City of Buffalo returned their ...

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Almost since President Obama took office, there have been heated discussions over the 2010 census. Remember the kerfuffle over whether the White House would take direct control of administering the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper attention is focussed on the importance of small and compact area units in facilitating census enumeration by minimising the ...